Engineering
Chemistry
Free radical
Question

H3C – CH2 – CC – OEt Hg2+/H+/H2O Q, Q is- 

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Solution

This reaction involves the hydration of an alkyne (H3C–CH2–C≡C–OEt) using Hg2+/H+/H2O. This is Kucherov's reaction, which adds water across the triple bond following Markovnikov's rule. The terminal alkyne forms an enol that tautomerizes to a ketone. The –OEt (ethoxy) group is an electron-withdrawing substituent but does not participate in the hydration; the reaction occurs at the triple bond. The product Q is a ketone where the carbonyl group is on the carbon that was the terminal carbon of the alkyne.

The final structure of Q is: H3C-CH2-C(=O)-CH2-OEt

Final Answer: The third option.